Where does “éclipse” come from?
éclipse (French) comes from Latin eclīpsis, from Ancient Greek ἔκλειψις, from Ancient Greek ἐκλείπω, from Ancient Greek ἐκ, from Proto-Hellenic *eks.
éclipse (French): eclipse; first-person singular present indicative...
Definitions
- eclipse; first-person singular present indicative...
Ancestry of “éclipse”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | eclīpsis | a solar eclipse |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ἔκλειψις | disappearance, abandonment; especially... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἐκλείπω | I leave out, pass over; I forsake, desert,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἐκ | Out of, from; from, with the source of; to denote... |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | *eks | — |
Words derived from “éclipse”